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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Vanabode - Travel and Live Forever on $20 a Day Review

Revolutionary new travel book shows everyone regardless of current financial condition how to
camp, travel and live forever anywhere in the United States on $20 a day.
Author Jason Odom and his wife Kelly have traveled over 700,000 miles in 15
years enjoying the sumptuous beauty of pristine national parks and the exciting
nightlife of big cities like San Francisco and Las Vegas.

Vanabode
shows you how to earn a living working in some of the most exciting places in
the United States like national parks and state recreational areas, how to
sleep safely and comfortably in your own bed every night; how to eat better
than you ever have, how to cook for free without electricity, fire or fuel; how
to get rid of all our current debt and regain your freedom; and most importantly
- how you can do it forever if you want. Do you want to travel for 3 months?
How about 3 years? Vanabode shows you how down to the tiniest detail and you do
NOT need to make any expensive purchases to make it happen.

The
Vanabode sales page states "I will show you how to safely travel ANYWHERE
in the United States, sleep in your own luxurious clean bed every night, have a
hot bath every day, eat fresh delicious meals, and experience incredible
adventures for $20 a day. You will never feel neglected, bored or
uncomfortable. I promise to show you how to sleep better than you ever have,
how to get the time you want and need to relax or pursue your favorite hobby,
how to eat healthier, and how to travel to new exciting destinations of your
choosing forever.

For those
that don't have any savings or retirement income I include a list of more than
30 legitimate easy ways to earn money while traveling all over the country. You
need this book if any of the following apply to you: if you are so bored with
your lifestyle that you don't feel like you're living at all, if you have
household expenses so great that you never get ahead or get to do anything fun,
if you would like to happily camp, travel or live anywhere on $20 a day, if you
are retired and want to keep a house but still travel cheaply, if you would
like to downsize from a large RV to save money and time while adding
destinations, if you have children you would like to travel and camp easily and
cheaply with, if you would like to take time off work to write a book, recover
from a tragedy, or change your life, if you are a foreign tourist coming to the
U.S. for a long holiday, if are you a survivalist who wants to live off the
grid, if you want to disappear and leave your past behind, becoming invisible escaping
creditors or stalkers, if you are heading for divorce, blaming your marriage
instead of your life, for the boredom killing you, if you want to run your own
mobile business?

NEW THIRD
EDITION! Contains 60% more pictures and 22% more content.

My Review:

4 stars

This was
both an unusual and fun book to read. I was drawn in by the title, and so I was
eager to see what the book was about and how helpful it would actually be. Just
because someone writes a “guide” or “how-to” book, doesn’t mean it’s actually
helpful or well-written. This book was not your typical “how-to” though. While it
did have a lot of practical advice and know-how, it was a mind-opening type of
book. Even if you couldn’t (or didn’t want) to do any of the suggestions in the
book, you would still get something out of it. It definitely got me thinking
outside of the box on possibilities I hadn’t thought of. My roommate and I both
want to travel during the summer, but we don’t have a lot of money to spend, so
we thought we wouldn’t be able to. Reading this book has expanded my thinking,
and has reignited our plans to travel and explore this summer.

I know
that some people won’t like this book, considering it too “hippie sounding” or unrealistic.
But honestly, I actually enjoyed the writing style. The author is very laid
back and enthusiastic, and it shows in his writing, which I enjoyed. While
there are some grammatical errors and repetition in the book, it was still a
fun read. All in all, while I may or may not use all the ideas in this book, I
have started rethinking my assumption that vacations and travel are a luxury
and expensive. You can have a great time at a great price, and this book
definitely shows that. I would definitely recommend reading it, it’s worth the
price.